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Starting in 2027, competition will commence in July, break briefly during the winter, and end in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The nonprofit said at the time that it would continue operating the East Potomac course “until the National Park Service is ready to commence a historic restoration there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Both prosecution and defence lawyers told him they are ready for the case to commence.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
After a while they finally gave up as a cricket started calling for night to commence.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
This stress becomes all too real in the documentary when the brothers and their writing team are still working on the final episode's script when filming commences.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Which is too bad, because the book gains energy when the flattery ebbs and the dishing commences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
District Judge Tanya Chutkan, has to decide before the actual trial commences what evidence proffered by the DOJ will be admissible.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024
"The synthesis process is undermined and fewer proteins of the subunit ND5, which is of central relevance to complex I, are formed because the whole process commences with the respiratory chain," added Friedland.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
The singing commences again, and I realize that the Easter matins have begun.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
"Negotiations have commenced with professional football player Leandro Trossard and his club Arsenal regarding his permanent transfer," the Turkish Super Lig side said in a statement.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Structural removal commenced Tuesday and is now 6.5% complete, and there are around 200 people working on the site around the clock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
That’s changed since last fall, when a historic borrowing spree to fund AI infrastructure commenced.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Last week his forces hit Saint Petersburg, just as Putin's flagship economic summit commenced in the city.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
His hands commenced shaking, he busted out in a sweat and looked like his belly was aching him bad.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Reports indicate SpaceX is targeting a June listing with trading commencing shortly after.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The U.K. plans to launch a new July 2036 gilt via syndication on the week commencing April 13.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
All matches will be played around the weekend commencing Saturday, 10 January 2026.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
One kid kicked a football, commencing a mad scramble as a group of friends converged on the object of their delight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
I am pleased as punch to be commencing this groundbreaking column in the Manifest Herald.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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